{"id":41332,"date":"2012-05-04T09:47:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-04T09:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.halegroves.com\/blog\/recipe\/orange-chocolate-sugar-plums\/"},"modified":"2022-02-11T12:03:04","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T12:03:04","slug":"orange-chocolate-sugar-plums","status":"publish","type":"cuisine-recipe","link":"https:\/\/www.halegroves.com\/blog\/recipe\/orange-chocolate-sugar-plums\/","title":{"rendered":"Orange-Chocolate Sugar Plums Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900\">INGREDIENTS<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">2 cups coarsely chopped pecans<br \/>  2 cups coarsely chopped, unblanched almonds<br \/>  1 cup Orange Peel Preserves,* chopped<br \/>  1\/2 cup flaked coconut<br \/>  1\/\/4 cup Hale orange juice<br \/>  1 (8 ounces) package semi-sweet chocolate<br \/>  1 large egg<br \/>  Confectioner&#8217;s sugar<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900\">PREPARATION<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">In a large bow, mix pecans, almonds, Orange Peel Preserves,* coconut and orange juice.<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: small\">In a small saucepan, melt chocolate over moderately low heat; remove from heat and cool 15 minutes.&nbsp; Beat in egg until mixture is well blended. Stir chocolate into nut mixture. When thoroughly mixed, chill 30 to 45 minutes until<br \/>  firm enough to handle. Shape into walnut-size balls. Roll 1\/2 of the candies in confectioner&#8217;s sugar. Chill candies until ready to serve.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">YIELD: 2 1\/2 pounds candy or about 75 pieces.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900\">*ORANGE PEEL PRESERVES<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">4 Hale oranges<br \/>  Water<br \/>  2 cups granulated sugar<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">Peel oranges and cut peel into thin slivers (use orange segments in another recipe or for eating fresh). Put peel into a 2-quart saucepan and add water to cover. Bring to a boil and boil 30 to 45 minutes over moderate heat until<br \/>  very thick and syrupy. Remove from heat and chill until ready to use.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma\"><span style=\"font-size: small\">YIELD: 2 Cups.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","tags":[44],"cuisine-recipe-category":[55],"cuisine-recipe-course":[],"cuisine-recipe-cuisine":[],"class_list":["post-41332","cuisine-recipe","type-cuisine-recipe","status-publish","hentry","tag-navel-oranges","cuisine-recipe-category-desserts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cuisine-recipe\/41332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cuisine-recipe"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cuisine-recipe"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41332"},{"taxonomy":"cuisine-recipe-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cuisine-recipe-category?post=41332"},{"taxonomy":"cuisine-recipe-course","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cuisine-recipe-course?post=41332"},{"taxonomy":"cuisine-recipe-cuisine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog2.halegroves.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cuisine-recipe-cuisine?post=41332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}